Aug 24, How to Gain Muscle Mass Naturally

To gain muscle mass, you have to perform some basic actions on a routine basis and combine that with what works best for you. My name is Mario Fanzolato and I'm the founder of NMM. I'm also a natural-for-life bodybuilder & personal trainer from Montreal, Quebec (Canada).

That's my before & after picture you see to the right - I've gained close to 100 lean pounds since I began weight training. I hope to inspire others with my transformation, so that they may begin to tap into their own unlimited potential. Click here to learn more about who I am and how I can help you.

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Building Muscle Tips - How Do I Add That Oomph To Your Workouts?

Building muscle is possible on the simple premise that when you lift weights your muscles increase in size to accommodate for the extra amount of work needed to lift them.

There are three basic principles involved in building muscle in your body. These are smart weight lifting, good nutrition and rest.

This may sound simple, but many people are not able to stick to this routine for building the muscle mass their body needs.

Just because you are not interested in body building or athletic competitions, does not mean you do not have to keep your muscles built up. All the activities you do in your daily life require muscle strength.

Fitness programs help you to build muscle. While building muscle mass, you are also losing weight and toning up your body.

In order to be completely fit, you do need to have muscle strength.

The difference is that while you are training to build muscle, your body does need calories, so you will either need to take supplements to give you the nutrients you are missing from your diet or eat high calorie foods.

Dieting and weight training work hand in hand for muscle building. The weight training helps to overload the muscles and help them to gain strength, while the foods you eat provide the building blocks necessary for building and repairing muscles.

It is best if you lose fat before you start to build muscle. Building muscle mass means that you will probably weigh more, not in fat but in lean muscle.

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Aug 20, Incredible Natural Muscle Transformations

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Strength Training After 40

Im really glad I read this today. 2 yrs into a transformation and following much of your programs, I found myself losing strength and motivation over the last 3 months. I’m not that old but approaching 37. Doing the bread and butter deads and military as heavy as possible, I was NOT rotating or spacing my programming enough.

The last month I cut back in hopes to revitalize. Today was tons of jumping rope and KB high pull’s (still heavy). Back and forth. I broke a sweat and got a good pump.

Maybe I just hit a plateau? There’s always room for improvement, but I think those of us with some gray do not give ourselves enough credit. Dropping 50lbs and being able to take your shirt off…while looking better than 90% of the other dudes on the beach is a big accomplishment heading towards the big 40.

Thanks for the moment of clarity, Jay.

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Building Muscle Tips - Find Your Lean Body Today

What good is a muscular body if you can't see it under layers of fat?

So how do you get over this tendency of our bodies to put on this extra weight? Well, it's because we've got it so good that we no longer need to exercise so much! That's kinda cool, but it's not helping our health or appearance. So How do we do it without supplements and surgery?

Building Muscle Tips - Strip That Fat From Your Body and Reveal Your Muscles Today!

Here's the trick:

Strip That Fat Step 1. Start a weight lifting program. Don't worry, you won't turn into a bodybuilder over night. You'd have to eat like a bodybuilder if you want to gain the massive amount's of muscle those guys posess. Muscles burn twice as much energy in your body as fat cells do, so they're a great advantage to burning fat. Lift weights 2-3 times a week and you'll start noticing your metabolism speeding up. You'll start to eat more because you're hungry. This is good! You're gonna need this muscle to help your metabolism kick into overdrive!

Strip The Fat Step 2. Don't do aerobic exercises. They take too long, and you can get the same results doing the same work in less time. If there's an easier way, wouldn't that be best? (haha, I'm such a lazy coach!)

So How Do We Train? What we've got to do is speed up the body's metabolism so it burns more fat, and faster, like stoking a furnace! We can do this by doing short (15 minute) but intense workouts. It's just like going for a long jog, but it takes less time. That's convenient isn't it!

Here's how it works:

HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training), or Interval Training is a training session divided into 2 parts. One intense, and the other less intense.

Here's an example of interval training:

Stretch 5 min warmup 1 min walk/jog 20 second sprint 1 min walk/jog 20 second sprint 1 min walk/jog 20 second sprint 1 min walk/jog 20 second sprint 1 min walk/jog 20 second sprint 1 min walk/jog 20 second sprint 1 min walk/jog 20 second sprint 1 min walk/jog 20 second sprint 5 min cooldown Stretches

Do this and you'll speed up your body fast and you'll be burning excess energy for days! And it only takes 15 minutes! It's sincerely the BEST way to strip the fat from your body fast. Weight lifters have known this for ages.

If you're already training 3 days a week, do this cardio training on your OFF days only. The reason why is because your body simply does not know how to burn fat and build muscle at the same time. Alternate between the 2 so you can get the best of both worlds. And remember, take a day off. Nothing worse than burn out when you're doing so well.

Anything else? Yep... one last thing:

Building Muscle Tips - Step 3. Eat Your Vegetables!

I'm not going to get into the whole calorie argument and talk about how confusing it is to have to read all the food labels. Let's just be serious for a second. If you want to get the fat from your body it's not going to happen eating burgers and fries. You know it. So what do you eat? Well, your best option is to eat food that's got plenty of nutritional value and helps keep your body and metabolism moving. What's the best food to do that? Fruit and vegetables.

Yeah, I know, what a drag. Your mama always told you to eat your vegies. Turns out she was right eh. Well, I won't tell her if you don't!

Honestly though, eat your vegetables, and eat them raw if possible. Keep your protein foods high so your body can repair and recover. Snack on RAW nuts and seeds (not the salted ones!) and protein shakes / bars. Get your carbohydrates mostly from fresh fruits and vegetables. Get to know your local market and your body will thank you for it.

As you start to see results you'll become more motivated to change your diet. But trust me, if you

1. Start doing weights workouts
2. Do Interval Training
3. Eat Plenty of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables

You'll be leaner in no time.

Take some advice from a guy who's been there before: Dave Vower. He's a former skinny guy and successful Natural Muscle Builder. He's not only one of the very best muscle building experts online today, but he's got a weight loss method that works every time. Learn from a professional and take action today!

Apr 13, Truth about Muscle Mass Supplements

In this article I explain the truth about muscle mass supplements.. the way I see it. Which ones really work and why I don't use most of them. There seem to be new types of muscle mass supplements being put out on the market every day now. I remember when I started training back in 1999 the only ones we ever heard of were protein powders (100% whey isolate, 100% whey concentrate, weight gainer, meal replacements), creatine, and glutamine.

Today you've got pre-workouts, post-workouts, testosterone boosters, nitro this, nitro that, pump this, and pump that. Honestly speaking, I don't know what half of these are and I don't care to ever learn about them... because I know that they will actually limit my muscular development. You may be asking yourself how something that's supposed to help you build muscle (and may have been scientifically proven to do so) could actually slow down your progression. The answer in my mind is simple. Anything that is 'performance-enhancing', natural or not, affects you negatively by weakening your ability to listen to your body.

If you get results, are you going to attribute your success to the 'product' you took or the hard work and dedication you put into the training. I truly believe that most of the muscle mass supplements that are out there have very little positive effects on a person's body. I've known guys who have been using all kinds of supplements for years and have had little or no results in the gym. Instead of focusing on how the changes they make in their weight training, nutrition, and lifestyle affects their body... they attribute the good 'pump' they got to all the supplements their on. If you want to reach your muscle mass potential you've got to learn to (until you're able to) listen to your body... Period. You'll have a hard time doing this if your mind is clouded with 'the promises' that these muscle mass supplements offer.

If you prefer to use science as the basis for why you 'think' all of the muscle mass supplements will actually work for you, let me just say this... I'll bet that any of the natural bodybuilding supplements you take in will not work as well as the first time you use them. In fact, you've probably already tried many of them and noticed that they were less efficient at increasing 'whatever' with each consecutive cycle. The natural creatine levels that are already inside of us, for example, begin to decrease once you start taking creatine supplements. The body will produce less because you're taking excessively high dosages in from an outside source. Unfortunately for those that use creatine regularly, this means that the body will continue to be less able to build muscle.

Will I ever endorse creatine or other performance-enhancing supplements if a supplement company offers me a financially tempting contract? I'll take the contract but only if I can openly endorse only the nutritional supplements I'm currently okay with using... for example, protein. I'll continue to do my best to stay true to what I know and believe. One thing is for sure, I'll never use steroids (not even the legal ones) or growth hormones.

Why am I okay with protein powders? I don't consider them performance-enhancing. They are what they're said to be... a supplement to your muscle mass diet.

A meal replacement in my mind could never really replace a healthy, protein-packed meal, but it's a great alternative to skipping a meal altogether. Protein concentrate or isolate shakes (water mixed with 100% whey protein concentrate or isolate) are great before bed because they're lean and provide the body with enough protein to sustain your muscles during the night.

Egg whites, on the other hand, are an incredible source of natural, slow-release protein... perfect for sustaining your lean muscle mass throughout the night. Still, in terms of convenience, it's always good to have a large tub of protein hanging around just in case you're all out of egg whites.

In sum, don't waste your money on useless 'performance-enhancing' muscle mass supplements. Save it for buying quality foods like chicken breast, lean ground beef, tuna, horse meat, potatoes, eggs, egg whites, almonds, plain yogurt, cottage cheese, broccoli, spinach, carrots, bananas, oatmeal, brown rice, etc. Invest in a home gym if that's what will help you get huge, but don't get sucked into the whole supplement craze that's going on. Good marketing doesn't mean a product is good. Don't just go with what's popular or what most people are using. Most people can't improve consistently for the life of them. Learn to ask yourself questions. Listen to your body because the answers are there. Reaching your potential takes trial and error, an understanding of what 'works' for you, patience, perseverance, and belief in yourself & your ability to achieve your ultimate fitness-related goal.

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Build Muscle Tips For Success

Muscle building is a sport that has been taken up by people from all around the world. Some simply dabble with the idea of it, occasionally attempting to keep in shape; some are quite committed to it, devoting many hours each week to building muscle mass, while a smaller number dedicate their lives to the pursuit of body building. Here are some build muscle tips.

There are a number of ways to build muscle and no shortage of tips on building muscle. Many different programs and schemes vie for your attention and your dollars, but all these programs and schemes, if they work, feature the same tried and true methods: frequent workout routines and good nutrition. Without both, no muscle building program will work. Nutrition especially is critical to providing the basic building materials for building muscle.

Your automobile will not go very far without the proper fuel. Your body works the same way. If you don't feed it or fuel it properly, it will not be able to go the distance when trying to perform exercise routines. Good nutrition provides the energy for performing exercise routines and provides the material used to build up muscle as a result of those exercise routines. Good nutrition is key to building and maintaining a good body and in maintaining overall good health.

Here is an important muscle building tip. When you embark upon an exercise program, don't try to emulate any professional body builders that you might have selected as a role model. You must proceed at your own pace and do no more that your body can handle. Your body will let you know.

Different people have different body types, and are at different levels of their training. If you try to match the achievements of a professional body builder, you can over train, pull muscles, or even break something. Set your own pace. You are not trying to impress a role model; you're trying to improve your own health and body. Emulate your role model's enthusiasm and dedication, consider his tips on building muscle, but practice the specifics in keeping with your own needs and capabilities.

It is important to learn all that you can and understand what each exercise in your program requires, and what it will do for you. There are many online tutorials and videos that will show you exactly what is required, step-by-step. Despite their availability, it's surprising how many people never complete watching these aids, but dive right in to an exercise program without totally understanding it. Don't be like that. Research well and understand what you're doing so you can modify your approach if the current routine is not working for you.

If you're pursuing an exercise routine based upon your own research and education, you'll be flying alone. There will not be a gym trainer by your side to provide you with fast muscle building tips, to guide you, and to correct your mistakes. That's why it's important to understand each step for each exercise. Without this knowledge, your attempts could end in failure.

Using the services of a professional trainer at the very beginning of your commitment to exercising, would not be a bad idea. It may speed up your education and enable you to pursue training on your own with less chance of mistakes and failure. A good professional trainer can help you to create a training program with exercises that are selected and tailored to your specific needs. He can also advise you about the nutritional requirements and eating habits that can best support your exercise regimen. With his build muscle tips, you can proceed with your exercise routine with some confidence in its ultimate success.

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